Extraction of Pb with artificially too-old ages during stepwise dissolution experiments on Archean zircon

Stepwise HF-dissolution experiments on five Archean zircon populations reveal very systematic patterns of Pb discrimination, releasing at one point Pb with artificially too-old ²⁰⁷Pb/²⁰⁶Pb ages. The experiments involved a first HF dissolution step for 1 h at room temperature and evaporation on a hot-plate that produces Pb with young ²⁰⁷Pb/²⁰⁶Pb ages, followed by a 4 1/2 h HF dissolution step in an oven at 190°C that liberates the excessively old Pb. The final residue yields in most cases U–Pb data that are consistent with the results obtained by the normal selection, abrasion, and total dissolution procedure. In these examples, the too-old ages cannot be easily explained by the presence of an inherited core component but are more likely to indicate segregation of Pb in zircon sub-domains during thermal annealing episodes early in its history, as has been proposed by other workers. Aside from shedding light on these particular aspects of zircon U–Pb systematics, the combined results also provide geologically relevant information concerning the regional evolution of the western Superior Province in Ontario. An age of 2718±3 Ma for a gabbroic unit from the Quetico Subprovince shows that this was coeval to 2722–2718 Ma ultramafic to felsic igneous rocks in the adjacent Shebandowan greenstone belt, including a gabbro body dated in this study at 2725+17/−11 Ma. These age relationships suggest that volcanic units of the Shebandowan greenstone belt were tectonically imbricated in younger sedimentary rocks of the Quetico basin during late Archean convergence. The other three samples represent felsic intrusive units from Geraldton in the Wabigoon subprovince. An age of 2699±1 Ma for an Au-mineralized feldspar porphyry dyke and identical ages of 2690±1 Ma for two phases of the syn-tectonic Croll Lake stock put constraints on the timing of major deformation and hydrothermal activity in the belt.     

Pb / Pb-ages of zircons from syn-collisional I-type porphyritic granites of the central Ribeira belt, SE Brazil

In the central segment of the Ribeira belt, southeast Brazil, several foliated porphyritic granitic bodies intrude high-grade migmatitic gneisses of the Andrelândia and Juiz de Fora domains and Embú Complex. Results of geological, geochemical and geochronological investigations of the Maromba, Pedra Selada, Serra do Lagarto and Funil porphyritic I-type granites provide profound similarities, except for the distinct geochemical behavior of the Funil Granite, perhaps related to a different crustal source. These granitoids show similar structural, textural and mineralogical features. Pb-evaporation of single zircons provided ages of 586 ± 6, 579.6 ± 6.3, 586.3 ± 4.8 and 584 ± 5 Ma for the granites, respectively, coincident with the syn-collision I episode of the central Ribeira belt. The intrusion of I-type porphyritic granitoids coeval with the main collisional event has not often been reported in the geological literature. The most common syn-collisional granitic magmatism has normally an S-type signature or even a slightly peraluminous I-type character. However, the occurrence of coeval I- and S-type syn-tectonic granites along the central Ribeira belt, as observed in the investigated area and discussed in this paper is noteworthy.     

大别造山带新太古代地壳岩石和古元古代混合岩化作用——来自锆石U-Pb年代学和Hf同位素证据

大别造山带北大别超高压变质带是研究秦岭-大别-苏鲁造山带古老基底演化过程的关键区域,其内广泛发育的混合岩长期被认为主要形成于中生代。本文对北大别团风一带新识别出的一套混合岩开展了锆石U-Pb定年和Hf同位素组成分析,结果显示,混合岩第一类锆石核部具有岩浆锆石特点,组成的不一致线上交点年龄为2850±86 Ma,该年龄代表了混合岩原岩年龄。第二类锆石具有变质深熔锆石特点,其加权平均²⁰⁷Pb/²⁰⁶Pb年龄为2011±12 Ma,代表了混合岩化的时间。岩浆锆石多数具有负的ε_Hf(t)值(—8.1～2.2),对应两阶段Hf同位素模式年龄(T_DM2)为3.6～3.0 Ga,表明原岩可能为大别造山带内古太古代地壳物质重熔形成,并可能在形成过程中伴有少量幔源物质加入。与之相比,变质锆石均具有正的ε_Hf(t)值(0.3～8.2),对应T_DM2为2.7～2.2 Ga,说明在混合岩化变质深熔过程中锆石Lu-Hf同位素体系完全开放,导致了锆石Hf同位素组成的升高。本文研究表...     

中国北部陆架海碎屑锆石U- Pb年龄和钾长石主微量元素物源示踪研究

渤海湾盆地每年沉积大量的河流碎屑物质,但其中的砂级物质能否迁移扩散到胶东半岛海湾内一直不清楚。锆石和钾长石分别是河流沉积物中常见的副矿物和主要造岩矿物之一,由于各自的U- Pb年龄和地球化学元素组成在不同区域内存在显著差异,是进行物源示踪研究的理想矿物。基于此,本文利用激光剥蚀电感耦合等离子质谱仪 (LA- ICP- MS) 对渤海湾盆地主要注入河流和胶东半岛的威海湾和银滩湾的海岸砂开展碎屑锆石 (n=438) 和钾长石 (n=160) 微区原位U- Pb年龄、Th/U比值和主微量元素分析,结果表明威海湾和银滩湾内的砂级沉积物的碎屑锆石以具有典型的新元古代峰值年龄 (697~735 Ma),缺乏古元古代和新太古代峰值年龄为特征,Th/U比值和胶东基岩接近,结合Kolmogorov- Smirnov 统计方法的多维判别图 (MDS),说明这些砂级碎屑物质的源区主要是以胶东半岛为源区的近源物质。而黄河口的碎屑钾长石原位(in situ) Na2O、K2O、Al2O3和Rb、Sr、Ba、Pb元素含量变化与刘公岛和银滩的海砂样品截然不同,进一步验证了上述碎屑锆石的研究结果。因而将碎屑锆石和钾长石原位地球化学分析相结合有助于精准判定物源关系,在今后中国北部陆架海物源示踪研究、渤海湾盆地盆山耦合研究中将具有良好的应用前景。     

乌拉山-集宁孔兹岩锆石激光探针等离子质谱（LA-ICP-MS）年龄——孔兹岩沉积时限的年代学研究

乌拉山-集宁地区由 TTG 片麻岩、麻粒岩、斜长角闪岩、孔兹岩等组成的高级变质地体,过去一直按有序地层划分,按变质程度定时代。现在识别出深成岩后,TTG 片麻岩已广泛采用锆石 U-Pb 测年,而表壳岩测年由于小于传统预想的地层年龄,所以往往仍按变质程度定时代:如只有中-新太古代年龄的麻粒岩(兴和岩群)被定为古太古代,只有古元古代年龄的孔兹岩被定成新太古代。尤其是孔兹岩,因为常规锆石(TIMS)年龄不能分辨碎屑年龄和变质年龄,所以其沉积时代是太古还是古元古更长期争论不决。为了解决这个问题,本文依据始于上世纪90年代的国内外区分岩浆锆石、变质锆石、碎屑锆石的研究成果,以锆石阴极发光(CL)和背散射(BSE)图象,首先查明孔兹岩除了含有均匀无内部结构的变质锆石还含有具结晶韵律环带结构的锆石,因为后一种结构是岩浆成因的有力证据,它产在沉积岩中就代表碎屑锆石。碎屑锆石有老有新,只有年龄最小的碎屑锆石才能限定沉积时代,所以沉积年龄必须以大量锆石测年统计。数以百计的锆石测年以 SHRIMP 进行固然最好,然而昂贵的费用本课题无力承担,所以我们改用灵敏度也较高,而且快速简便、费用低廉的激光探针(LA-ICP-MS)进行。结果得到:乌拉山大庙片麻状花岗岩的岩浆锆石年龄为2.49Ga,显示高级变质下原岩年龄仍能保存;乌拉山-集宁的孔兹岩变质锆石一致给出≈1.8Ga 的变质年龄,与已有的 TIMS 法≈1.85Ga 的变质年龄一致;乌拉山哈德门沟石墨厂、包白铁路桃儿湾、忽鸡沟窑子湾和集宁兴和黄土窑等四处孔兹岩给出的碎屑锆石年龄有老有新,最老的≈2.3Ga,多数谐和的碎屑锆石年龄在2.2～2.0Ga 之间,因为沉积时代以最年轻的碎屑锆石年龄限定,所以孔兹岩的沉积时代不是太古而是古元古。乌拉山-集宁地区的 TTG 片麻岩年龄比孔兹岩的碎屑锆石年龄大,表明孔兹岩不是由附近太古宙岩石提供碎屑物质的原地沉积,而是经吕梁运动碰撞进入下地壳,才与附近太古宙岩石产在一起的外来构造岩片。     

Zircon U–Pb age and trace element evidence for Paleoproterozoic granulite-facies metamorphism and Archean crustal rocks in the Dabie Orogen

Zircon U–Pb ages and trace elements were determined for granulites and gneiss at Huangtuling, which are hosted by ultrahigh-pressure metamorphic rocks in the Dabie Orogen, east-central China. CL images reveal core–rim structure for most zircons in the granulites. The cores show oscillatory zoning, relatively high Th/U ratios, and HREE enriched patterns, consistent with a magmatic origin. They gave a weighted mean ²⁰⁷Pb/²⁰⁶Pb age of 2766 ± 9 Ma, interpreted as dating magma emplacement of the protolith. The rims are characterized by sector or planar zoning, low Th/U ratios, negative Eu anomalies and flat HREE patterns, consistent with their formation under granulite-facies metamorphic conditions. Zircon U–Pb dating yields a weighted mean ²⁰⁷Pb/²⁰⁶Pb age of 2029 ± 13 Ma, which is interpreted to record a metamorphic event, possibly during assembly of the supercontinent Columbia. The gneiss has a protolith age of 1982 ± 14 Ma, which is younger than the zircon age of the granulite-facies metamorphism, suggesting a generally delay between HT metamorphism and the intrusion of post-collisional granites. A few inherited cores with igneous characteristics have ²⁰⁷Pb/²⁰⁶Pb ages of 2.90, 3.28 and 3.53 Ga, suggesting the presence of Mesoarchean to Paleoarchean crustal remnants in the Yangtze Craton. A few Cretaceous metamorphic ages were also obtained, suggesting the influence of post-collisional collapse in response to Cretaceous extension of the Dabie Orogen. It is inferred that the recently discovered Archean basement of the Yangtze Craton occurs as far north as the Dabie Orogen.     

Determination of Pb/Pb ages on zircon and monazite by laser-ablation ICPMS and application to a study of sedimentary provenance and metamorphism in southeastern Brazil

The recently developed method of laser ablation-inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-ICPMS) allows the determination of ²⁰⁷Pb/²⁰⁶Pb ages of single zircon grains. The main advantages of the method are minimal sample preparation, low cost, and high throughput. In this work we present an analytical routine for geochronological analyses of zircon and monazite by LA-ICPMS and its application to the Ribeira Belt of the Brazilian Orogen in southeastern Brazil. The ²⁰⁷Pb/²⁰⁶Pb ages of one hundred and thirty-seven detrital zircons from amphibolite facies quartzites from three lithotectonic domains in the central Ribeira Belt indicate that they are derived mainly from Paleoproterozoic crust of Transamazonian age (2.0−2.3 Ga). A small number of zircons originated in 2.6−2.9 Ga Archean crust. These results are coherent with 2.1−2.2 Ga and 2.6−3.0 Ga U---Pb ages previously obtained for basement gneisses. The viability of the method to date monazite is also assessed. Monazites from the same quartzite samples yield ages between 2.1 Ga and 0.57 Ga. indicating variable resetting of the U---Pb system during amphibolite facies metamorphism. In contrast, monazite from a basement migmatite and syn-metamorphic granitoids yields ages in the 500–700 Ma range, in general agreement with U-Pb ages of 590-565 Ma for the main metamorphic event.

The LA-ICPMS ²⁰⁷Pb/²⁰⁶Pb ages are coherent and agree with expected results based on previous U---Pb geochronology, and show that the method has immediate applicability. At present, the most significant limitations of the method are the inability to yield reliable U/Pb values, analytical precision in the 1–10% range, and the requirement of grains larger than 80 gmm The method may be advantageous for provenance studies of Precambrian detrital sequences.     

The timing of ultrahigh-temperature metamorphism in Southern India: U–Th–Pb electron microprobe ages from zircon and monazite in sapphirine-bearing granulites

We report here U–Pb electron microprobe ages from zircon and monazite associated with corundum- and sapphirine-bearing granulite facies rocks of Lachmanapatti, Sengal, Sakkarakkottai and Mettanganam in the Palghat–Cauvery shear zone system and Ganguvarpatti in the northern Madurai Block of southern India. Mineral assemblages and petrologic characteristics of granulite facies assemblages in all these localities indicate extreme crustal metamorphism under ultrahigh-temperature (UHT) conditions. Zircon cores from Lachmanapatti range from 3200 to 2300 Ma with a peak at 2420 Ma, while those from Mettanganam show 2300 Ma peak. Younger zircons with peak ages of 2100 and 830 Ma are displayed by the UHT granulites of Sengal and Ganguvarpatti, although detrital grains with 2000 Ma ages are also present. The Late Archaean-aged cores are mantled by variable rims of Palaeo- to Mesoproterozoic ages in most cases. Zircon cores from Ganguvarpatti range from 2279 to 749 Ma and are interpreted to reflect multiple age sources. The oldest cores are surrounded by Palaeoproterozoic and Mesoproterozoic rims, and finally mantled by Neoproterozoic overgrowths. In contrast, monazites from these localities define peak ages of between 550 and 520 Ma, with an exception of a peak at 590 Ma for the Lachmanapatti rocks. The outermost rims of monazite grains show spot ages in the range of 510–450 Ma.While the zircon populations in these rocks suggest multiple sources of Archaean and Palaeoproterozoic age, the monazite data are interpreted to date the timing of ultrahigh-temperature metamorphism in southern India as latest Neoproterozoic to Cambrian in both the Palghat–Cauvery shear zone system and the northern Madurai Block. The data illustrate the extent of Neoproterozoic/Cambrian metamorphism as India joined the Gondwana amalgam at the dawn of the Cambrian.     

特提斯喜马拉雅构造带雅拉香波穹隆构造热事件LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb年龄证据

雅拉香波穹隆位于特提斯喜马拉雅构造带东部,出露显生宙不同时期的岩石地层,发育强烈韧性剪切变形和多期岩浆热事件,良好地记录了印度大陆俯冲导致的构造变形和岩浆热历史。对雅拉香波穹隆不同构造部位的花岗质岩石进行LAICP-MS锆石U-Pb同位素测年,获得4期构造岩浆事件的高精度测年数据。早期锆石年龄520.4±6.3Ma与536±12Ma指示喜马拉雅地块结晶基底泛非期岩浆侵位时代,晚期锆石年龄揭示新生代碰撞造山不同阶段构造热事件的发生时代。其中,45.6±1.2~44.16±0.88Ma反映印度大陆向北俯冲的起始时代,35.00±0.48Ma对应于始新世晚期增厚地壳深部构造热事件年龄,15.67±0.50Ma指示雅拉香波核部花岗岩侵位及穹隆的形成时代。     

特提斯喜马拉雅构造带雅拉香波穹隆构造热事件LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb年龄证据

雅拉香波穹隆位于特提斯喜马拉雅构造带东部,出露显生宙不同时期的岩石地层,发育强烈韧性剪切变形和多期岩浆热事件,良好地记录了印度大陆俯冲导致的构造变形和岩浆热历史。对雅拉香波穹隆不同构造部位的花岗质岩石进行LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb同位素测年,获得4期构造岩浆事件的高精度测年数据。早期锆石年龄520.4±6.3Ma与536±12Ma指示喜马拉雅地块结晶基底泛非期岩浆侵位时代,晚期锆石年龄揭示新生代碰撞造山不同阶段构造热事件的发生时代。其中,45.6±1.2~44.16±0.88Ma反映印度大陆向北俯冲的起始时代,35.00±0.48Ma对应于始新世晚期增厚地壳深部构造热事件年龄,15.67±0.50Ma指示雅拉香波核部花岗岩侵位及穹隆的形成时代。     

西秦岭临潭地区下白垩统—上新统陆相地层碎屑锆石U Pb年代学及其物源分析

选取西秦岭造山带临潭地区下白垩统磨沟组和新近系上新统临夏组碎屑岩为研究对象,运用LA- ICP- MS锆石U- Pb同位素年代学方法,探讨磨沟组和临夏组的物质来源。结果显示,碎屑锆石年龄谱可分为6组：①新太古代—古元古代(2627~1676 Ma);②中元古代(1487~1035 Ma);③新元古代(996~812 Ma);④早古生代(534~425 Ma);⑤晚古生代(409~252 Ma);⑥早中生代(250~197 Ma)。其中,新太古代—古元古代(2627~1676 Ma)的年龄数据约占总体的5031%,所占比例最大,其余年龄段所占比例则较少。下白垩统磨沟组和上新统临夏组中蕴含的锆石年龄信息分布特征较为一致,均有新元古代、早古生代、早中生代年龄峰值,以及华北板块特有的18 Ga和25 Ga年龄峰值。下白垩统磨沟组和上新统临夏组具有近源堆积为主的特征,合作- 岷县断裂北侧的中秦岭构造带为其提供了物源,碎屑锆石年龄谱特征记录了物源区地质体中的再旋回年龄信息。本研究对西秦岭中新生代的构造演化研究具有重要意义。     

特提斯喜马拉雅构造带雅拉香波穹隆构造热事件LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb年龄证据

雅拉香波穹隆位于特提斯喜马拉雅构造带东部,出露显生宙不同时期的岩石地层,发育强烈韧性剪切变形和多期岩浆热事件,良好地记录了印度大陆俯冲导致的构造变形和岩浆热历史。对雅拉香波穹隆不同构造部位的花岗质岩石进行LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb同位素测年,获得4期构造岩浆事件的高精度测年数据。早期锆石年龄520.4±6.3Ma与536±12Ma指示喜马拉雅地块结晶基底泛非期岩浆侵位时代,晚期锆石年龄揭示新生代碰撞造山不同阶段构造热事件的发生时代。其中,45.6±1.2--44.16±0.88Ma反映印度大陆向北俯冲的起始时代,35.00±0.48Ma对应于始新世晚期增厚地壳深部构造热事件年龄,15.67±0.50Ma指示雅拉香波核部花岗岩侵位及穹隆的形成时代。     

阿尔泰递增变质带中夹层石英岩的LA-ICP-MS碎屑锆石U-Pb年龄:对沉积时限及物源的限定

阿尔泰造山带广泛分布各种变质沉积岩并发育典型递增变质带,变质沉积岩变质之前的沉积时代与物源特征对于限定成岩历史以及造山带演化具有重要意义。文章对采自阿勒泰组变质带中石英岩夹层样品进行了岩相学分析并采用LA-ICP-MS方法对其碎屑锆石进行了U-Pb年代学分析。共获得100个谐和或近于谐和的碎屑锆石年龄,表面年龄分布范围为(443±5)Ma至(2682±19)Ma。碎屑锆石年龄主要集中在寒武纪(486~540 Ma)并具有527~535 Ma的年龄峰值,可能源于区域内同时代的岩浆活动。新元古代年龄约占1/4,少量锆石具有古中元古代甚至太古宙年龄。结合年轻碎屑锆石年龄以及直接侵入该变质带中的英云闪长岩年龄可确定石英岩原岩的沉积时限为早志留世—早泥盆世,其后发生变质作用。古老碎屑锆石在该地区缺乏对应的岩石,可能源于区内隐伏的古老基底岩石或邻区古老陆块。     

苏鲁仰口超高压岩石SHRIMP锆石U/Pb定年与部分熔融时限

在大型碰撞造山带中,在陆壳物质深俯冲或快速折返早期,在超高压-高压条件下,易熔组分可能发生水致或脱水部分熔融,形成花岗质熔体。在超高压-高压条件下,苏鲁超高压岩石发生过部分熔融作用,形成长英质多晶体包裹体和不同尺度的花岗质岩石, 导致可观的地球化学效应。为确定苏鲁超高压岩石部分熔融的时限,对山东仰口超高压副片麻岩和其中平行片麻理的同构造钾质花岗岩脉进行了SHRIMP锆石U/Pb地质年代学、全岩地球化学和锆石内矿物包裹体的研究。副片麻岩的锆石具有典型的核-幔-边结构。核部锆石为碎屑锆石,²⁰⁶Pb/²³⁸U年龄大于282Ma,可能反映了副片麻岩的原岩包含不同成因的物质;幔部和边部的Th/U比都小于0.1,分别给出233±3Ma和214±4Ma的²⁰⁶Pb/²³⁸U 年龄,分别对应于超高压变质和角闪岩相退变质年龄。同构造花岗岩脉是富钾过铝质花岗岩(A/CNK=1.2),锆石也具有核-幔-边结构;核部锆石年龄与副片麻岩的核部锆石年龄相当,反映了该花岗岩脉的源区可能是变沉积岩;除幔部锆石的一个点具有²⁰⁶Pb/²³⁸U年龄为234.6±3.9Ma之外,其它幔部锆石位于谐和线附近,给出²⁰⁶Pb/²³⁸U年龄为220.8±2.9Ma, 该年龄代表着该花岗岩脉的形成年龄。上述数据表明,在仰口地区,超高压岩石的部分熔融作用早于角闪岩相退变质作用。     

红安造山带南缘古元古代杂岩体的发现对扬子板块古元古代造山事件的约束

识别并研究扬子板块古元古代的岩浆-变质-沉积事件,是探讨扬子板块古元古代构造演化的基础,也是重建该陆块在Columbia超大陆中位置的前提.新发现的金盆杂岩体为进一步揭示扬子板块古元古代岩浆事件和造山过程提供了新的制约信息.锆石U-Pb定年结果表明,金盆片麻状二长花岗岩、奥长花岗岩和基性岩脉的形成年龄分别为～ 2478...     

哀牢山构造带晚渐新世地壳深熔与熔/流体迁移:锆石U-Pb年龄与微量元素证据

哀牢山构造带是青藏高原东南缘重要的边界构造带,其内出露的深变质岩系一直被认为是古老的变质基底岩石。利用LA-ICP-MS原位微区分析技术对哀牢山深变质岩系锆石进行U-Pb年龄、微量元素分析。结果表明深变质岩系的原岩有728±8Ma、727±3Ma、231±4Ma的花岗质岩石和其它年龄的碎屑岩,变质时代为27.8~23.7Ma。综合野外地质特征和分析结果,我们认为哀牢山深构造带在晚渐新世27.8~23.7Ma发生了大规模的地壳深熔作用,现今所见深变质岩系是由不同时代、不同岩性的原岩在晚渐新世(27.8~23.7Ma)变质形成,不全是古老的变质基底岩石。深熔过程中熔/流体发生了明显的迁移。哀牢山变质带具有混合岩化特征的岩石很可能是峰期变质作用后减压熔融的产物。晚渐新世地壳深熔作用与左行走滑剪切是哀牢山深变质带折返过程中近似同时发生的两种不同变质表现形式,两者相互影响、相互制约。     

扬子西缘东川落雪地区元古宙地层中3890 Ma锆石的发现

利用LA-ICP-MS U-Pb同位素测定技术,在扬子西缘滇中东川地区古元古界阿不都组流纹质玻屑熔结凝灰岩中发现了1颗冥古宙锆石,锆石具有明显的核-幔-边结构,其核部的207 Pb/206 Pb年龄为3890±47 Ma,此年龄被解释为岩浆结晶,Th/U比值为0.34;变质边的207 Pb/206 Pb年龄为3561±...     

U–Pb zircon and microfabric data of (meta) granitoids of western Cameroon: Constraints on the timing of pluton emplacement and deformation in the Pan-African belt of central Africa

Striking characteristics of the western Neoproterozoic belt of Cameroon (NFBC) are the large volume of granitoids and crustal-scale shear zones. New structural and geochronological data from this area are provided to put constraints on the tectonic evolution of this segment of the belt and to make further correlations between major shear zones exposed on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean.

Three different complexes have been identified in the study area: the migmatitic complex of Foumbot (MCF), the metagranitoid complex of Bangwa (BC), and the Batié pluton (BP). The MCF was intruded by the BC, while the BP cuts through the BC. U–Pb zircon dating of metaleucogranite and metagranodiorite of the BC yielded concordant to subconcordant ages of 638 ± 2 Ma and 637 ± 5 Ma, respectively. A concordant U–Pb zircon age of 602 ± 1.4 Ma has been obtained from porphyrogranite of the BP. These ages are interpreted as emplacement ages. Continuous deformation from magmatic to solid-state flow along the BP margins and the (sub)parallelism of the steep solid-state foliation in the BP margins with the foliation in the surrounding BC and MFC suggest synkinematic emplacement of the BP along crustal-scale NNE to ENE-trending strike–slip shear zones. Subhorizontal foliations in migmatitic-gneiss xenoliths found in the BC suggest that the major transcurrent motion was preceded by thrusting.

The new data confirm previous assumptions that the western NFBC is equivalent to parts of the Borborema province of Brazil. There are geochronological correlations between the studied (meta)granitoids and Brasiliano pre- to syn-transcurrent granitoids of the Borborema province.     

西秦岭凤县北部罗汉寺岩组沉积时代和源区特征：来自LA- ICP- MS锆石U- Pb年龄证据

秦岭造山带罗汉寺岩组的形成时代长期存在争议。选择西秦岭东段凤县北部罗汉寺岩组凝灰岩和浅变质碎屑岩为研究对象，运用LA- ICP- MS锆石U- Pb同位素年代学方法，探讨罗汉寺岩组的形成时代和物源特征。结果显示，罗汉寺岩组下部a岩段中凝灰岩结晶年龄为407±10 Ma；上部碎屑岩段(c岩段)中千枚岩碎屑锆石年龄介于2658~420 Ma之间，主要包括490~420 Ma和997~639 Ma两个区间峰值年龄，其次为1557~1318 Ma、2484~1745 Ma，另有少量2650 Ma左右年龄值。结合区域地质资料，限定罗汉寺岩组主体形成时代为早—中泥盆世。研究同时表明，罗汉寺岩组物源具有明显的多元性，490~420 Ma年龄组的锆石主体来自于商丹洋俯冲作用形成的弧岩浆岩；997~639 Ma年龄组可进一步细分为843~639 Ma和997~867 Ma，前者主要来自于南秦岭构造带，后者主要来自于北秦岭构造带；2658~1318 Ma的中元古代—新太古代年龄组与北秦岭构造带、华北板块和扬子板块的岩浆活动相关。综合分析认为南秦岭和北秦岭地块早—中泥盆世时期尚未全面碰撞成陆，商丹洋为残留洋(海)盆。     

Petrogenesis of the Yangchang Mo‐bearing granite in the Xilamulun metallogenic belt,NE China: geochemistry,zircon U–Pb ages and Sr–Nd–Pb isotopes

The Yangchang granite‐hosted Mo deposit is typical of the Xilamulun metallogenic belt, which is one of the important Mo–Pb–Zn–Ag producers in China. A combination of major and trace element, Sr, Nd and Pb isotope, and zircon U–Pb age data are reported for the Yangchang batholith to constrain its petrogenesis and Mo mineralization. Zircon LA‐ICPMS U–Pb dating yields mean ages of 138 ± 2 and 132 ± 2 Ma for monzogranite and granite porphyry, respectively. The monzogranites and granite porphyries are calc‐alkaline with K₂O/Na₂O ratios of 0.75–0.92 and 1.75–4.42, respectively. They are all enriched in large‐ion lithophile elements (LILEs) and depleted in high‐field‐strength elements (HFSEs) with negative Nb and Ta anomalies in primitive‐mantle‐normalized trace element diagrams. The monzogranites have relatively high Sr (380–499 ppm) and Y (14–18 ppm) concentrations, and the granite porphyries have lower Sr (31–71 ppm) and Y (5–11 ppm) concentrations than those of monzogranites. The monzogranites and granite porphyries have relatively low initial Sr isotope ratios of 0.704573–0.705627 and 0.704281, respectively, and similar ²⁰⁶Pb/²⁰⁴Pb ratios of 18.75–18.98 and 18.48–18.71, respectively. In contrast, the ε_Nd(t) value (−3.7) of granite porphyry is lower than those of monzogranites (−1.5 to −2.7) with Nd model ages of about 1.0 Ga. These geochemical features suggest that the monzogranite and granite porphyries were derived from juvenile crustal rocks related to subduction of the Paleo‐Pacific plate under east China. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.